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A comedy album is an audio recording of comedic material from a comedian or group of comedians usually performed either live or in a studio. Comedy albums may feature skits humorous songs and/or live recording of stand-up comedy performances but the most common type of comedy albums are stand up and are often made in conjunction with a DVD with recorded video of a particular comedy show. Some of the earliest albums recorded for popular commercial distribution were comedy albums.